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If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.
Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
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O God, come to our aid.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
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Nunc tempus acceptábile
fulget datum divínitus,
ut sanet orbem lánguidum
medéla parsimóniæ.
Christi decóro lúmine
dies salútis émicat,
dum corda culpis sáucia
refórmat abstinéntia.
Hanc mente nos et córpore,
Deus, tenére pérfice,
ut appetámus próspero
perénne pascha tránsitu.
Te rerum univérsitas,
clemens, adóret, Trínitas,
et nos novi per véniam
novum canámus cánticum. Amen.
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Lord, who throughout these forty days
for us didst fast and pray,
teach us with thee to mourn our sins,
and close by thee to stay.
As thou with Satan didst contend
and didst the victory win,
O give us strength in thee to fight,
in thee to conquer sin.
As thou didst hunger bear, and thirst,
so teach us, gracious Lord,
to die to self, and chiefly live
by thy most holy word.
And through these days of penitence,
and through thy Passiontide,
yea, evermore in life and death,
Jesus, with us abide.
Abide with us, that so, this life
of suffering overpast,
an Easter of unending joy
we may attain at last.
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Ps 104:1-15
| Psalm 104 (105)
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Ps 104:16-22Vénditum iustum Dóminus non derelíquit, sed a peccatóribus liberávit eum.
16Et vocávit famem super terram*
et omne báculum panis contrívit.
17Misit ante eos virum,*
in servum venúmdatus est Ioseph.
18Strinxérunt in compédibus pedes eius,*
in ferrum intrávit collum eius,
19donec veníret verbum eius,*
elóquium Dómini purgáret eum.
20Misit rex et solvit eum,*
princeps populórum, et dimísit eum;
21constítuit eum dóminum domus suæ*
et príncipem omnis possessiónis suæ,
22ut erudíret príncipes eius sicut semetípsum*
et senes eius prudéntiam docéret.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Vénditum iustum Dóminus non derelíquit, sed a peccatóribus liberávit eum.
| Psalm 104 (105)The Lord did not forget the just man who was sold as a slave: he released him from the power of sinful men.
The Lord called down famine upon the land, he ground away every stick of bread.
He had sent a man to them, Joseph, and he was sold as a slave.
They confined his feet in fetters and put a ring around his neck –
until the Lord’s word came, the Lord spoke and justified him.
The king sent for him and released him – the ruler of the peoples set him free.
He set him to rule over his house, made him lord of all his possessions,
so that he could make the princes as wise as himself and teach wisdom to the elders.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
The Lord did not forget the just man who was sold as a slave: he released him from the power of sinful men.
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Ps 104:23-45Memor fuit Dóminus verbi sancti sui, et edúxit pópulum suum in exsultatióne.
23Et intrávit Israel in Ægýptum,*
et Iacob peregrínus fuit in terra Cham.
24Et auxit pópulum suum veheménter*
et confortávit eum super inimícos eius.
25Convértit cor eórum, ut odírent pópulum eius*
et dolum fácerent in servos eius.
26Misit Móysen servum suum,*
Aaron, quem elégit.
27Pósuit in eis verba signórum suórum*
et prodigiórum in terra Cham.
28Misit ténebras et obscurávit,*
et restitérunt sermónibus eius.
29Convértit aquas eórum in sánguinem*
et occídit pisces eórum.
30Edidit terra eórum ranas*
in penetrálibus regum ipsórum.
31Dixit, et venit cœnomýia*
et scínifes in ómnibus fínibus eórum.
32Pósuit plúvias eórum grándinem,*
ignem comburéntem in terra ipsórum.
33Et percússit víneas eórum et ficúlneas eórum*
et contrívit lignum fínium eórum.
34Dixit, et venit locústa*
et bruchus, cuius non erat númerus,
35et comédit omne fenum in terra eórum*
et comédit fructum terræ eórum.
36Et percússit omne primogénitum in terra eórum,*
primítias omnis róboris eórum.
37Et edúxit eos cum argénto et auro;*
et non erat in tríbubus eórum infírmus.
38Lætáta est Ægýptus in profectióne eórum,*
quia incúbuit timor eórum super eos.
39Expándit nubem in protectiónem*
et ignem, ut lucéret eis per noctem.
40Petiérunt, et venit cotúrnix,*
et pane cæli saturávit eos.
41Dirúpit petram, et fluxérunt aquæ,*
abiérunt in sicco flúmina.
42Quóniam memor fuit verbi sancti sui*
ad Abraham púerum suum.
43Et edúxit pópulum suum in exsultatióne,*
eléctos suos in lætítia.
44Et dedit illis regiónes géntium,*
et labóres populórum possedérunt,
45ut custódiant iustificatiónes eius*
et leges eius servent.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Memor fuit Dóminus verbi sancti sui, et edúxit pópulum suum in exsultatióne.
| Psalm 104 (105)The Lord remembered his holy word, and he brought out his people with joy.
And so Israel passed into Egypt
and Jacob lived in the country of Ham.
The Lord made his people grow enormously
and strengthened them against their enemies.
Then he turned the hearts of men against his chosen people,
so that they hated them and made plots against them.
He sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
He made them prophesy
the signs and prodigies he would work in the land of Ham.
He sent shadows and darkness,
but they would not listen to his words.
He turned their rivers into blood,
killing all the fish.
Frogs ate up the earth,
even in the secret gardens of the palaces.
He summoned flies
and insects throughout the land.
He sent stones of hail and fire
to devastate their land.
He struck their vines and their fig-trees,
broke down the trees of their country.
He spoke, and locusts came,
and worms without number:
they ate all the grain of the land,
consumed all of the fruit.
He struck down the first-born of their land,
the flower of all their strength.
He led his people out with silver and gold;
not a single one of them stumbled.
Egypt rejoiced to see them go,
to see the last of the people they feared.
He sent a cloud to protect them,
and fire to light up their nights.
When they asked for food, he sent them quails
and bread from heaven, to quench their hunger.
He split the rock, and water flowed:
in the dry places, rivers ran.
For he remembered his holy word,
given to Abraham his servant.
He led out his people in exultation,
his chosen ones in gladness.
He gave them the territory of the nations,
the fruits of the labours of the peoples.
All this he did
so that they would keep his decrees
and follow his laws.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
The Lord remembered his holy word, and he brought out his people with joy.
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℣. Qui facit veritátem, venit ad lucem.
℟. Ut manifesténtur ópera eius.
| ℣. The man who lives by the truth comes into the light.
℟. So that his good works may be seen.
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Proficiscuntur Hebræi. Leges de Pascha et primogenitisIn diébus illis: 12,37Profécti sunt fílii Israel de Ramésse in Succoth, sescénta fere mília péditum virórum absque párvulis. 38Sed et vulgus promíscuum innumerábile ascéndit cum eis, oves et arménta, animántia multa nimis. 39Coxerúntque farínam, quam dudum de Ægýpto conspérsam túlerant, et fecérunt subcinerícios panes ázymos; neque enim póterant fermentári, cogéntibus exíre Ægýptiis et nullam fácere sinéntibus moram; nec pulménti quidquam occúrrerant præparáre.
40Habitátio autem filiórum Israel, qua mánserant in Ægýpto, fuit quadringentórum trigínta annórum. 41Quibus explétis, eádem die egréssus est omnis exércitus Dómini de terra Ægýpti. 42Nox ista vigiliárum Dómino, quando edúxit eos de terra Ægýpti: hanc observáre debent Dómino omnes fílii Israel in generatiónibus suis.
43Dixítque Dóminus ad Móysen et Aaron: «Hæc est relígio Paschæ: Omnis alienígena non cómedet ex eo; 44omnis autem servus emptícius circumcidétur et sic cómedet; 45ádvena et mercenárius non edent ex eo. 46In una domo comedétur, nec efferétis de cárnibus eius foras nec os illíus confringétis. 47Omnis cœtus filiórum Israel fáciet illud. 48Quod si quis peregrinórum in vestram volúerit transíre colóniam et fácere Pascha Dómini, circumcidétur prius omne masculínum eius et tunc rite celebrábit erítque sicut indígena terræ; si quis autem circumcísus non fúerit, non vescétur ex eo. 49Eadem lex erit indígenæ et colóno, qui peregrinátur apud vos».
13,11«Cum introdúxerit te Dóminus in terram Chananǽi, sicut iurávit tibi et pátribus tuis, et déderit tibi eam, 12separábis omne, quod áperit vulvam, Dómino et quod primitívum est in pecóribus tuis; quidquid habúeris masculíni sexus, consecrábis Dómino. 13Primogénitum ásini mutábis ove; quod, si non redémeris, interfícies. Omne autem primogénitum hóminis de fíliis tuis prétio rédimes. 14Cumque interrogáverit te fílius tuus cras dicens: “Quid est hoc?”, respondébis ei: “In manu forti edúxit nos Dóminus de Ægýpto, de domo servitútis. 15Nam, cum indurátus esset phárao et nollet nos dimíttere, occídit Dóminus omne primogénitum in terra Ægýpti, a primogénito hóminis usque ad primogénitum iumentórum; idcírco ímmolo Dómino omne, quod áperit vulvam, masculíni sexus, et ómnia primogénita filiórum meórum rédimo”. 16Erit ígitur quasi signum in manu tua et quasi appénsum quid ob recordatiónem inter óculos tuos; eo quod in manu forti edúxit nos Dóminus de Ægýpto».
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The Hebrews depart. Laws for Passover and the firstbornThe sons of Israel left Rameses for Succoth, about six hundred thousand on the march – all men – not counting their families. People of various sorts joined them in great numbers; there were flocks, too, and herds in immense droves. They baked cakes with the dough which they had brought from Egypt, unleavened because the dough was not leavened; they had been driven out of Egypt, with no time for dallying, and had not provided themselves with food for the journey. The time that the sons of Israel had spent in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. And on the very day the four hundred and thirty years ended, all the array of the Lord left the land of Egypt. The night, when the Lord kept vigil to bring them out of the land of Egypt, must be kept as a vigil in honour of the Lord for all their generations.
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘This is what is ordained for the Passover: No alien may take part in it, but any slave bought for money may take part when you have had him circumcised. No stranger and no hired servant may take part in it. It is to be eaten in one house alone, out of which not a single morsel of the flesh is to be taken; nor must you break any bone of it. The whole community of Israel must keep the Passover. Should a stranger be staying with you and wish to celebrate the Passover in honour of the Lord, all the males of his household must be circumcised: he may then be admitted to the celebration, for he becomes as it were a native-born. But no uncircumcised person may take part. The same law will run for the native and for the stranger resident among you.
‘When the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanites – as he swore to you and your fathers he would do – and gives it to you, you are to make over to the Lord all that first issues from the womb, and every first-born cast by your animals: these males belong to the Lord. But every first-born donkey you will redeem with an animal from your flocks. If you do not redeem it, you must break its neck. Of your sons, every first-born of men must be redeemed. And when your son asks you in days to come, “What does this mean?” you will tell him, “By sheer power the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed all the first-born in the land of Egypt, of man and of beast alike. For this I sacrifice to the Lord every male that first issues from the womb, and redeem every first-born of my sons.” The rite will serve as a sign on your hand would serve, or a circlet on your forehead, for the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.’
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℟. Paréntes Iesu tulérunt eum in Ierúsalem, ut sísterent illum Dómino,* Sicut scriptum est in lege Dómini: «Omne masculínum adapériens vulvam sanctum Dómino vocábitur».
℣. Obtulérunt pro eo Dómino par túrturum aut duos pullos columbárum.* Sicut.
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℟. The parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,* as it stands written in the law of the Lord: ‘Every first-born male must be consecrated to the Lord.’
℣. They offered to the Lord on his behalf a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons,* as it stands written in the law of the Lord: ‘Every first-born male must be consecrated to the Lord.’
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De altioribus quæstionibus hominisMundus hodiérnus simul poténtem ac débilem se éxhibet, capácem óptima vel péssima patrándi, dum ipsi ad libertátem aut servitútem, ad progréssum aut regréssum, ad fraternitátem aut ódium prostat via. Prætérea, homo cónscius fit ipsíus esse recte dirígere vires, quas ipse suscitávit et quæ eum opprímere aut ei servíre possunt. Unde seípsum intérrogat.
Revéra inæquilíbria quibus labórat mundus hodiérnus cum inæquilíbrio illo fundamentalióri conectúntur, quod in hóminis corde radicátur.
In ipso enim hómine plura eleménta sibi ínvicem oppúgnant. Dum enim una ex parte, útpote creatúra, multiplíciter sese limitátum experítur, ex áltera vero in desidériis suis illimitátum et ad superiórem vitam vocátum se sentit.
Multis sollicitatiónibus attráctus, iúgiter inter eas selígere et quibúsdam renuntiáre cógitur. Immo, infírmus ac peccátor, non raro illud quod non vult facit et illud quod fácere vellet non facit. Unde in seípso divisiónem pátitur, ex qua étiam tot ac tantæ discórdiæ in societáte oriúntur.
Plúrimi sane, quorum vita materialísmo práctico infícitur, a clara huiúsmodi dramátici status perceptióne avertúntur, vel saltem, miséria oppréssi, impediúntur quóminus illum consíderent.
Multi in interpretatióne rerum multifárie propósita quiétem se inveníre exístimant.
Quidam vero a solo conátu humáno veram plenámque géneris humáni liberatiónem exspéctant, sibíque persuásum habent futúrum regnum hóminis super terram ómnia vota cordis eius expletúrum esse.
Nec desunt qui, de sensu vitæ desperántes, audáciam laudant eórum qui, exsisténtiam humánam omnis significatiónis própriæ expértem existimántes, ei totam significatiónem ex solo próprio ingénio conférre nitúntur.
Attamen, coram hodiérna mundi evolutióne, in dies numerosióres fiunt qui quæstiónes máxime fundamentáles vel ponunt vel nova acuitáte perséntiunt: Quid est homo? Quinam est sensus dolóris, mali, mortis, quæ, quamquam tantus progréssus factus est, subsístere pergunt? Ad quid victóriæ illæ tanto prétio acquisítæ? Quid societáti homo afférre, quid ab ea exspectáre potest? Quid post vitam hanc terréstrem subsequétur?
Credit autem Ecclésia Christum, pro ómnibus mórtuum et resuscitátum, hómini lucem et vires per Spíritum suum præbére, ut ille summæ suæ vocatióni respondére possit; nec áliud nomen sub cælo datum esse homínibus, in quo opórteat eos salvos fíeri.
Simíliter credit clavem, centrum et finem totíus humánæ históriæ in Dómino ac Magístro suo inveníri.
Affírmat ínsuper Ecclésia ómnibus mutatiónibus multa subésse quæ non mutántur, quæque fundaméntum suum últimum in Christo habent, qui est heri, hódie, ipse et in sǽcula.
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Man's deeper questioningsThe world of today reveals itself as at once powerful and weak, capable of achieving the best or the worst. There lies open before it the way to freedom or slavery, progress or regression, brotherhood or hatred. In addition, man is becoming aware that it is for himself to give the right direction to forces that he himself has awakened, forces that can be his master or his servant. He therefore puts questions to himself.
The tensions disturbing the world of today are in fact related to a more fundamental tension rooted in the human heart. In man himself many elements are in conflict with each other. On one side, he has experience of his many limitations as a creature. On the other, he knows that there is no limit to his aspirations, and that he is called to a higher kind of life.
Many things compete for his attention, but he is always compelled to make a choice among them, and to renounce some. What is more, in his weakness and sinfulness he often does what he does not want to do, and fails to do what he would like to do. In consequence, he suffers from a conflict within himself, and this in turn gives rise to so many great tensions in society.
Very many people, infected as they are with a materialistic way of life, cannot see this dramatic state of affairs in all its clarity, or at least are prevented from giving thought to it because of the unhappiness that they themselves experience.
Many think that they can find peace in the different philosophies that are proposed.
Some look for complete and genuine liberation for man from man’s efforts alone. They are convinced that the coming kingdom of man on earth will satisfy all the desires of his heart.
There are those who despair of finding any meaning in life: they commend the boldness of those who deny all significance to human existence in itself, and seek to impose a total meaning on it only from within themselves.
But in the face of the way the world is developing today, there is an ever increasing number of people who are asking the most fundamental questions or are seeing them with a keener awareness: What is man? What is the meaning of pain, of evil, of death, which still persist in spite of such great progress? What is the use of those successes, achieved at such a cost? What can man contribute to society, what can he expect from society? What will come after this life on earth?
The Church believes that Christ died and rose for all, and can give man light and strength through his Spirit to fulfil his highest calling; his is the only name under heaven in which men can be saved.
So too the Church believes that the centre and goal of all human history is found in her Lord and Master.
The Church also affirms that underlying all changes there are many things that do not change; they have their ultimate foundation in Christ, who is the same yesterday, today and for ever.
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℟. Ubi est, mors, victória tua? Ubi est, mors, stímulus tuus? Stímulus mortis peccátum est;* Deo autem grátias, qui dedit nobis victóriam per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum.
℣. Bonus est Dóminus sperántibus in eum, ánimæ quærénti illum.* Deo autem.
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℟. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin,* so let us thank God for giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
℣. The Lord is good to those who trust him, to the soul that searches for him.* So let us thank God for giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Oremus.
Ad te corda nostra, Pater ætérne, convérte, ut nos, unum necessárium semper quæréntes et ópera caritátis exercéntes, tuo cúltui præstes esse dicátos.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
| Let us pray.
Turn our hearts to yourself, eternal Father,
so that, always seeking the one thing necessary
and devoting ourselves to works of charity,
we may worship you in spirit and in truth.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
| Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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Dates
Today
(Automatic)Fri 14 March
Friday of the 1st week of LentSat 15 March
Saturday of the 1st week of LentSun 16 March
2nd Sunday of LentTue 18 March
Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent(commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor)